OAP guilty of running brothel after cops find bags of condoms and sex toys in flat

SCHEMING: Magistrate Tim Bucher rejected claims Margaret English was just a cleaner

Margaret English was found guilty of profiteering from prostitution, despite claiming she did not know sex workers were upstairs at the "massage parlour".

The 64-year-old told Sevenoaks Magistrates Court she thought the Intimacys messages shop was genuine and the only contact she had with the clients was answering the door and offering tea while they waited.

She added she also earned £40-a-day by working as a cleaner at the flat in Bromley, Kent.

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GUILTY: Magistrate Tim Bucher found English's excuse unacceptable

“The explanation we have heard that Miss English was just a cleaner, in my submission, is preposterous." ”

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But Paul Shaw, prosecuting, argued it was "extremely unlikely" English would have failed to notice bags of condoms, sex toys and lubricant stashed in the kitchen and bedroom if she was a cleaner.

He said: "The explanation we have heard that Miss English was just a cleaner, in my submission, is preposterous."

English was found guilty to acting or assisting in the management of a brothel on Friday.

The court heard cops raided Intimacys and searched English's car in October 2014.

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They found envelopes of cash, price lists and a receipt in her handbag for £770 paid into the bank account of brothel owner Francileide De Deus Santos.

Giving evidence, Deus Santos said scheming English was one of three receptionists she hired to run the business.

Her duties included booking appointments, opening the door to punters and, on occasions, paying the girls.

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RAID: Cops arrested English in October 2014

David Nicholson, defending, said: "If anyone was managing this brothel, it was Miss Santos, and she's not the one sat here as Miss English is.

"But [Miss Santos] has sat in the dock giving evidence for the crown."